Another thing you can use...another way to remember these things and take notes is using acronyms.
你们能用的另一个东西，能用来记住这些信息和做笔记的另一个方法是使用首字母缩略词。
Acronyms are basically the initials of something, each letter stands for something.
首字母缩略词基本上就是某些词的首字母，每个字母都代表着一个单词。
B.A.-- Bachelor of Arts, B.Sc, I forgot to write down--Bachelor of Science, B.Ed-- Bachelor of Education, and so on.
B.A.是Bachelor of Arts，B.Sc，我忘记把它写下来了，它是Bachelor of Science，B.Ed是Bachelor of Education的缩略形式，像这样的缩略词还有很多。
Master of Arts, PhD. -- doctorate or post-graduate.
Master of Arts, PhD.指的是博士或者研究生学位。
IBM -- International Business Machine, big company name,
IBM指的是International Business Machine，一家大公司的名字,
CIA -- Central Intelligent Agency in the States, IRS -- Internal Revenue Services, part of the tax company of the government.
CIA是美国的Central Intelligent Agency的首字母缩略形式 , IRS是Internal Revenue Services，政府税务公司的一部分。
a.m. -- morning, p.m. -- afternoon or evening.
a.m.是上午，p.m.指的是下午或者晚上。
But notice here, "p.m." with dots and "PM" without the dots or the dot is after.
但是这里请注意有两个点的"p.m."和没有点或者后面有一点的"PM"或"PM."。
"p.m." -- afternoon, evening, "PM" -- "prime minister".
"p.m."是下午或者晚上，"PM"是 "prime minister"。
Okay? So all these little things have a huge impact.
所有这些小小的单词都有巨大的效果。
But once you master how to do this, and believe me, it takes a lot of practice.
不过一旦你们对此游刃有余，相信我，这需要很多练习。
Once you know how to do this, then you can go into the TOEFL test, your listening section becomes much easier, speaking section, writing section,
一旦你们知道该怎么做了，你们就可以去参加托福考试了，你们的听力部分会变得容易很多，口语部分、写作部分，
everything is much easier because you have the information in front of you when it's time to answer the questions. Okay?
所有的都会简单得多，因为要回答问题的时候你们面前有所需的信息。
Now, we're just going to do one more thing, I'm going to show you an example, I'm going to take a complicated sentence, sort of.
现在，我们还要再做一件事，我会给你们展示一个例子，我会选择一个有点复杂的句子。
I'm going to reduce it to code, and you'll see more or less how it's done, it's not easy, but let's look at it.
然后把它缩减成符号，这样你们多多少少就能看到应该怎么做了，这不是件简单的事，不过我们看看吧。
Okay. So now we're going to look at an example.
那现在我们要来看一个例子。
Now, first of all, keep in mind you're seeing this; you're not hearing it -- two very different things.
首先要记住，在这里你们是用眼睛看的，而不是听的，这是两件非常不同的事情。
But I just wanted to give you an idea of what I want you to practice doing, and you can of course do that on your own.
但是我只是想让你们知道我想让你们练习的是什么，你们当然也可以自己独自去做。
Lots of places to do it, I'll give you a couple examples.
在很多地方都能这么做，我会给你们几个例子的。
I'm going to redo the sentence, and then I'm going to show you how this area means the same thing. Okay?
我要重写一下这个句子，然后告诉你们这一区的单词是如何指的同一件事的。
You're not necessarily going to have to write this much detail, you're not going to have to write down a whole sentence, but just to show you how it works.
你们不用写这么多细节，不用把整个句子写下来，我只是让你们看看应该怎么操作。
"With the advent of the information age, as well as widespread access to this information via technological advances in communication, came a new threat for civil protection agencies to tackle."
这个句子是这样的："With the advent of the information age, as well as widespread access to thcame a new threat for civil protection agencies to tackle."